The Bitching Thread

[Kraco]

That's disturbing. Yeah there's cray cray driver's everywhere. Speaking of which, I'm (finally) taking my driver's test today.

Drive carefully and keep your head cool. Although I passed mine at the first try, I believe it's better to be careful rather than to try to give an impression you are as good as the pros.

[Abdula]

I know what you mean but what are they going to do get actual high school kids to play high school kids in every show just to satisfy you. Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars wasn't an issue because she is tiny and she looks like she has to work to not look like she is still in high school.

Also you should probably think of something better than smoking hot body to describe a woman, you used it 3 times in a row, and if you didn't know anyone 16-18 when you were in high school who had what could be described as a smoking hot body then you probably went to the wrong high school.

[Animeniax]

To be fair what with the hormones and steroids they inject into everything we eat, kids are growing bigger faster, so it's somewhat plausible that high school girls have developed more than when I went to high school in the early 1990s. But knowing these girls are actually in their mid 20s kind of ruins the fantasy of hot bodied high school girls that these shows use to draw in viewers.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm just looking at google images, but Minka Kelly doesn't look too out of place in her cheerleader long-sleeve. It's more the face that looks too mature, rather than the body. I might just be used to televised Asian highschoolers though, who look younger in general.

[Animeniax]

I'm just looking at google images, but Minka Kelly doesn't look too out of place in her cheerleader long-sleeve. It's more the face that looks too mature, rather than the body. I might just be used to televised Asian highschoolers though, who look younger in general.

She fits in as a cheerleader but usually she's in very revealing clothing that high school girls would call slutty. Of course these are 1990s values and I think most girls dress scandalously at ever younger ages these days.

[Abdula]

Yeah it is mostly the too mature faces that throw you.

Fantasies of hot bodied high school girls (read underage).

[Buffalobiian]

Someone was talking to me about Halo 5 coming out on the Xbox One, and I was confused for a second thinking he meant the classic Xbox. I can see it happening again in the future. Stupid naming sense.

[shinta|hikari]

Aren't there a lot of high school girls who aren't under aged?

[Buffalobiian]

Aren't there a lot of high school girls who aren't under aged?

Not "a lot", but enough. Consent here is 16.

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PS4 pre-orders opened.

USA: $399
Australia: $548

[enkoujin]

Not "a lot", but enough. Consent here is 16.

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PS4 pre-orders opened.

USA: $399
Australia: $548

I always thought the prices in Australia were beyond ridiculous... then I realized the minimum wage in Australia was $15.59/hour or $606.40 per week for anyone older than 20. In the US, the average minimum wage is $7.25/hour, so...

USA: $399 / $7.25/hour = 55 hours
Australia: $548 / $15.59/hour = 35.15 hours

Unless Bill can correct me.

[Buffalobiian]

Those numbers seem to be right, I didn't know USA wages were so low, though I did expect them to be lower than AU. We've been known (at least with our old, now replaced, tax brackets) to have higher taxes globally, but when I factor the current situation in:

After tax:

Minimum wage earnings

USA: $6.38/hr, 62hrs for PS4
AU: $14.29/hr, 37.7hrs for PS4


Double minimum age earnings

USA: $12.539/hr, 31hrs for PS4
AU: $25.11/hr, 21hrs for PS4


We ..uhh... seem to have it pretty good.

[Xelbair]

http://www.siliconera.com/2013/06/12...-for-xbox-360/
you can start bitching now Ryll. but there is still hope.

[Ryllharu]

If they still release it on Vita, I'm okay. If not...then I'll be upset.

[Buffalobiian]

http://www.animepaper.net/ suspended their activity.

It was by far the best wallpaper site I've ever found. Scan-wise there are other free sites to be found, but as far as wallpapers went their quality and quantity was consistently great.

I haven't used any other site for years. Anyone know of some good alternatives? (I know of half a dozen or so, but none are in the same class)

edit:the next best one seems to be TheAnimeGallery, followed by minitokyo (which tells you about the gap, doesn't it? Good stuff on there, but lots of noise too). There's still Kona-chan and Yandere etc for scans, but not all scans come in a ready-for-desktop-background rendition.

[Ryllharu]

Just use 4chan /w/ like the rest of us?

Always worked well for me, just stockpile.

[enkoujin]

This site archives wallpapers from 4chan and they're decently good.

http://nik.bot.nu/

[Xelbair]

there is always 4chan's /w/ board and /wg/(non anime).

[Buffalobiian]

Hmm, good recommendations guys. Found some nice stuff there.

In other news, why the fuck to batteries leak?! (like, your standard AAA batts etc)
They do it when they sit in remote controllers, I've just seen them do it (and I remember previous occurrences too) when they simply lie flat in a container.

Luckily I didn't touch on of my figures afterwards or I'd be super-cut.

[Kraco]

In other news, why the fuck to batteries leak?! (like, your standard AAA batts etc)
They do it when they sit in remote controllers, I've just seen them do it (and I remember previous occurrences too) when they simply lie flat in a container.

They contain corrosive potassium hydroxide solution, so it's only a matter of time before they leak.

[Buffalobiian]

They contain corrosive potassium hydroxide solution, so it's only a matter of time before they leak.

If leaking is inevitable, should batteries not have a "use by" date on them like other perishables? That would sound reasonable instead of just letting them wreck havoc.